Collected here in this massive one hundred story anthology are more than three hundred thousand words of world class science fiction, fantasy, and horror by some of the greatest writers the field has ever known. Hours and hours of reading enjoyment await! Jackie Sees a Star by Marion Zimmer Bradley All Cats are Gray by Andre Norton Song in a Minor Key by C. L. Moore Travel Diary by Alfred Bester Pythias by Frederik Pohl The Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn The Sound of Silence by Barbara Constant The Intruder by Emil Petaja An Ounce of Cure by Alan Edward Nourse Longevity by Therese Windser The Ghost of Mohammed Din by Clark Ashton Smith Of Time and Texas by William F. Nolan Native Son by Thelma Hamm Evans Gorgono and Slith by Ray Bradbury The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Dorman Gods of the North by Robert E. Howard Small World by William F. Nolan Nightmare on the Nose by Evelyn E. Smith Collector’s Item by Robert F. Young Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper The Hoofer by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Doorstep by Keith Laumer The Jovian Jest by Lilith Lorraine Dream World by R. A. Lafferty Shatter the Wall by Sydney Van Scyoc The Big Engine by Fritz Leiber Misbegotten Missionary by Isaac Asimov The One and the Many by Milton Lesser Off Course by Mack Reynolds The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban Where There’s Hope by Jerome Bixby 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Disqualified by Charles L. Fontenay No Strings Attached by Lester del Rey Zeritsky’s Law by Ann Griffith Say Hello for Me by Frank W. Coggins Navy Day by Harry Harrison The Undersea Tube by Lucile Taylor Hansen Probability by Louis Trimble No Shield from the Dead by Gordon R. Dickson I’ll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen Huber The Secret of Kralitz by Henry Kuttner Never Stop to Pat a Kitten by Miriam Allen deFord More than Shadow by Dorothy Quick The Monkey Spoons by Mary Elizabeth Counselman Witch of the Demon Seas by Poul Anderson The Piebald Hippogriff by Karen Anderson The Vampire of Wembley by Edgar Wallace Riya’s Foundling by Algis Budrys Ask a Foolish Question by Robert Sheckley Flight From Tomorrow by H. Beam Piper Robots of the World! Arise! by Mari Wolf The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum The Adventurer by C. M. Kornbluth Decision by Frank M. Robinson The Waker Dreams by Richard Matheson A Matter of Proportion by Anne Walker One-Shot by James Blish McILVAINE’S Star by August Derleth The Man with the Nose by Rhoda Broughton Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwin The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton Common Denominator by John D. MacDonald The Natives by Katherine MacLEAN The Lonely by Judith Merril Happy Ending by Mack Reynolds and Fredric Brown The Street That Wasn’t There by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Food for Friendship by E. C. Tubb Half Around Pluto by Manly Wade Wellman Project Hush by William Tenn Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable Bride of the Dark One by Florence Verbell Brown The Corpse on the Grating by Hugh B. Cave The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer Postmark Ganymede by Robert Silverberg Hot Planet by Hal Clement The Tenth Scholar by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury Strain by L. Ron Hubbard The Time of Cold by Mary Carlson The Customs Lounge by Annie Proulx I, Executioner by Ted White and Terry Carr
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Ray Bradbury Philip K. Dick Isaac Asimov. One Hundred
Jackie Sees a Star
All Cats are Gray
Song in a Minor Key
Travel Diary
Pythias
The Good Neighbors
The Sound of Silence
The Intruder
An Ounce of Cure
Longevity
The Ghost of Mohammed Din
Of Time and Texas
Native Son
Gorgono and Slith
The Eyes Have It
The Putnam Tradition
Gods of the North
Small World
Nightmare on the Nose
Collector’s Item
Crossroads of Destiny
The Hoofer
Doorstep
The Jovian Jest
Dream World
Shatter the Wall
The Big Engine
Misbegotten Missionary
The One and the Many
Off Course
The Glory of Ippling
Where There’s Hope
2BR02B
Disqualified
No Strings Attached
Zeritsky’s Law
Say Hello for Me
Navy Day
The Undersea Tube
Probability
No Shield from the Dead
I’ll Kill You Tomorrow
The Secret of Kralitz
Never Stop to Pat a Kitten
More than Shadow
The Monkey Spoons
Witch of the Demon Seas
The Piebald Hippogriff
The Vampire of Wembley
Riya’s Foundling
Ask a Foolish Question
Flight From Tomorrow
Robots of the World! Arise!
The Worlds of If
The Adventurer
Decision
The Waker Dreams
A Matter of Proportion
One-Shot
McIlvaine’s Star
The Man with the Nose
Operation Haystack
The Nothing Equation
The Man Who Saw the Future
Common Denominator
The Natives
The Lonely
Happy Ending
The Street That Wasn’t There
Food for Friendship
Half Around Pluto
Project Hush
Time Enough At Last
Bride of the Dark One
The Corpse on the Grating
The Cosmic Express
Lighter than You Think
The Next Logical Step
They Twinkled like Jewels
Shandy
Tight Squeeze
Extracts from the Galactick Almanack: Music Around the Universe
The Man from Time
The Business, as Usual
Postmark Ganymede
Hot Planet
The Tenth Scholar
Gainful Employment
Just Like the Jestsons
The Troubadour
The Fourth Invasion
Bad Memory
The Lamps of the Angels
Breeder Reaction
Irresistible Weapon
A Little Journey
Strain
The Time of Cold
The Customs Lounge
I, Executioner
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One Hundred
Oh—you’re from the University? Excuse me, professor. I’m sorry. But if you knew what we’ve put up with, from reporters, and all kinds of crackpots . . . and it isn’t good for Jackie, either. He’s getting awfully spoiled. If you knew how many paddlings I’ve had to give that kid in just this past week.
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Dr. Andrews’ receptionist paused briefly beside the still-open office door. None of them heard either her gentle rap or the soft click of the latch slipping into place when she pushed the door shut.